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Hi, Do you think my oto is pregnant? Here are the pics: Is that thing in the belly is where the eggs will come out? Is there anything I should do to protect the fry? Nikki

The fry are 3 weeks old now. The largest one is around 12mm long. Perhaps, I don't want to raise them to full maturity. Just large so that they won't be eaten in the large tank. At what size, they will be large enough to go back to the main tank? Nikki

My platy fry are around 12mm long now. With about 22 of them, will it be too crowded in the breeder trap? When they grow to 15mm or more, do you think they will be safe with the adults? BTW, do I need to worry about in-breeding at this point? TIA Nikki

My main tank is 32G planted with rosy barbs, tiger barbs, cardinal tetras, platy, corydoras and oto. Currently I have 23 or so healthy platy fry. The fry are roughly 10 to 12 mm long (head to fin)

I keep my platy fry in a breeding trap within a 33g planted tank. The fry are getting larger now and I feel that they are too cramped in the trap. Here are the questions I have: 1. how big a tank do i need to house them? Would a 5g one good enough to raise them to maturity? 2. What...

Hi, My fish are suffering from internal parasites. Because my LFS don't have anything for internal parasites, one kind UK fellow recommend Worm-Free Treatment. I am not familiar with this at all and I don't know where to get this in Canada. Can anyone here give me some pointers about where...

What is this worm-free treatment? I can't seem to find that in Canada. Anyone from Canada can give me some pointers? Thanks! Nikki

Rosy barbs is my solution for hair algae. As long as I don't keep them too full, they simply eat up all the hair algae. Nikki

Sime, I have something similar. However, to precisely regulate the CO2, this coke bottle method isn't reliable. If you want to have precise control, you really need to use pressurized CO2. Nikki

I went to my local stores but I couldn't find any fish medication for internal parasite. Is there something else that I can buy from a drug store? I don't mind mixing things together. Thanks. nikki

Thanks! I will head out to get those tablet tomorrow. I wish that will not be too late! Nikki

Ouch! Internal parasites!! I don't like the sound of that at all. I am not sure what do you mean by skinny. It would describe it as shapping like cloud (ie. it isn't paper thin but it is not to round either). Look like I will have a problem now bec. the white stuffs has fallen off and all...

Hi there, I have a very sick tiger barb. It is very thin an lately it has been blowing all over by the filter output. Anyway, this morning, I observed that it has some white jelly-like stuff coming from its anus. It isn't the normal fish's waste for sure. To me, it looks like male semen...

You are taking aweful risk by putting them together. The tiger barbs love to fin-nipping. Even with a large school of them, they will go after the angels. Nikki

No. That's fine. I don't think you are hijacking the thread at all :) For me, I use pair of scissors. I also have those long reach planting scissors that you can get from the LFS. Sometimes, I found it easier to use a small dissection knife to cut the plant at the bottom to get a really...

Dubby, Yeah, I have similar experience. I have started to cut from the bottom too. Thanks! Nikki :D

Hi Dubby, Thanks. I have that one too. But it doesn't seem to work for me. Once I cut the leaf, the stem will not go away and no new leaf will grow from it. What I really want to do is to trim the whole plant down and let it start over again. I am interested to know if this is possible...

I use CO2 for my planted tank. Nikki

Hi there, I have a planted tank. My plants (Echinodorus palaefolius var. latifolius) have been growing quite well. Actually too well. They are growing a little too tall. How should I trim it down? I want to trim it down to the bare minimum to let it grows tall again. I notice that if I...

Well, I don't know what happen to my well water. It used to be quite acidic. When I tested it just now, it was perfectly 7.0. I guess I don't need to adjust hte pH after all. Thanks for all your advises. When my water goes back to acidic again, I know what to do. Nikki

Up to now, when I change the water, I will first use commercial pH adjusting solution to increase the water pH to 7. Can I use baking soda and get the same result? My water have very good KH value but almost non-existence GH. BTW, mine is a planted freshwater tank. Thanks. Nikki

What happen when it is pointing down? I read somewhere that this pointing up and down behavior is like the nitrite (or nitrate? i can't be sure) is too high. Nikki

rykitten, In that case, how about using piece of aluminum foil stick to the side of the tank? It will reflect the light away without the mess of painting. Nikki

SH, Yeah, my GH has always been low. Few months ago, the dGH was around 3. Llately it is virtually zero. Should I do anything about it or just leave it alone? Nikki

How about getting couple of oto? They are little things that love to eat algae. In my algae eating collection, I also have a couple of rosy barbs. I found them execellent in removing the hair algae. BTW, it is fun to watch them sucking and pulling the hair algae from the plant too :) Nikki

It is actually quite simple to tell. Instead of me repeating it, follow this link for the definitive anser! Good luck. Nikki

I have a suggestion for you. Use a tinted window film and attach that on the side facing the window. This will block out the sunlight sufficiently. The darker tint will only let 5% sunlight pass through. Best of all, if you ever move the tank away from the window, you can simply remove the...

My tap water reading is around 6.2 pH. Before I added water to the tank I will always alter the pH chemically to around 7.0. However, the pH of my tank almost constanly reading 7.4. It is a planted freshwater tank with CO2 added. I will get my nitrate test kit soon. Nikki

Yes, they do. The prices are good too. Nikki

Hmmmm. some of my serpaie tetras have become very pale. Could hight nitrate be the problem? I don't have a nitrate test kit. Perhaps I should invest in one now. Nikki

I just tested my water. pH is 7.4, KH is 13dKH, 0 Nitrite, 0 Ammonia but the dGH is virtually 0. Should I be worry about this low GH value? Thanks. Nikki

Fantastic setup. Very nice and cool :cool: Nikki

I read somewhere that Tim Allan (the guy in Home Improvement) has a big 500 gallon marine tank. Nikki

Well, I have CO2 added and the amount of CO2 dissolved in the water is optimal. The light is only 3 months old. Also, I have attached aluminum foil inside the hood to reflect more light into the tank. Since I added the echinodorus 3 months ago, they have at least double their size. So I...

I have couple of echinodorus palaefolius var. latifolius in my tank. Lately, some of their leaves have turned yellow and then simply decomposed. However, my other plants are just doing fine. Should I be worried at all? I have a 32 gal tank with total of 40W lighting. I tested the water...

Is tiger barb really that aggreesive? I was so shock that I lost 5 neon tetras overnight that time. I have seen one of the cardinal after eaten but most of them (and all of the neon) were simply disappeared without a trace. Nikki

I only have 1 SAE in my tank and it is happy as hell eating up all the algae available. I have never seen it bother others and very peaceful. From your description, it surely is a true SAE. For hair algae, my SAE won't touch them at all (may be if it is still very short and soft). However, I...

It is at most 1.5" long. The cardinals were around 1" long. My last count, I have just 1 cardinal left. :no: Nikki

:dunno: I am down to just 2 cardinals :no: What really bugs me is none of the missing tetra's body can be found. Do you think I have an agressive mix of fish in my community tank? Nikki

Hi folks, here is another one for you. I bought 6 neons last night. I took extra time (total 4 hrs) to let the neons get used to the water. Before the lights were off, all of them were accounted for. However, this morning, all 5 of the 6 neons were gone!!! No bodies found!! I think I...